NSB El 15
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| Power type | electric |
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| Builder | ASEA |
| Build date | 1967 |
| Total production | 6 |
| AAR wheel arr. | Co-Co |
| UIC classification | Co'Co' |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) |
| Length | 19.8 m |
| Total weight | 132 t |
| Top speed | 120 km/h |
| Power output | 5,400 kW |
| Tractive effort | 420 kN |
| Locale | Norway |
NSB El 15 is an electric locomotive which is now operated by the Swedish company HectorRail as Class 161 locomotives. The locomotives were originally built for NSB in 1967 to replace the NSB El 3 and NSB El 4 engines on Ofotbanen. The main task there is to pull heavy iron ore freight trains, and the El 15 is the most powerful engine which NSB has ever used.
[edit] History
After the electrification of Ofotbanen in 1923 NSB had been using El 3 and El 4 stock on the line. But in the 1960s these were getting worn out, and NSB decided that it needed to get new stock. NSB first acquired the El 12 stock parallel to the Swedish acquisition of the Dm locomotive. But unlike Statens Järnvägar, NSB chose to instead buy a newer technology locomotive from ASEA, based on the Romanian CFR 040. Thus NSB manged to get the same effect out of their two-engined El 15s as the Swedish got out of their three-engined Dms. Since the locomotives were to be operated in pairs, NSB considered only installing driver cabins on one end, but chose in the end to install them on both ends to allow the locomotives to operate more flexably, including allowing them to operate passenger trains. The trains were numbered 15 2291 to 15 2296.
In 1996 the operation of the ore trains was taken over by Malmtrafikk, owned by NSB, SJ and LKAB, the owner of the mines. The new company ordered 18 new IORE locomotives from Bombardier and in 2004 the aging engines were sold to HectorRail.
[edit] References
- Jernbane.net article on the El 15 (in Norwegian)
- HectorRail news page
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